Television

Nickelodeon Debuts Sanjay and Craig

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Nickelodeon debuts new animated series, “Sanjay and Craig,” on Saturday, May 25, at 10:30 a.m. (ET/PT).

Double Negative Opens TV Division

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Soho-based VFX company Double Negative launches a television arm, with Showtime's "The Vatican," directed by Ridley Scott, as the new division's first project.

Cartoon Network Announces Second Season of Annoying Orange

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“Annoying Orange” is back for a second season premiering May 16 on Cartoon Network.

Syfy Launches First Mobile Game Lost Girl: The Game

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Syfy releases its first mobile game, “Lost Girl: The Game,” available for Android and iOS devices on April 22.

DHX Media Appoints Thom Chapman

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Thom Chapman is appointed as the new Territory Manager at DHX Media.

Amazon Studios Releases First Wave of Animated Pilots

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Amazon Studios releases 14 new pilots online, including pilot episodes for seven animated series, with audience reaction to help determine what gets ordered to series.

Turner Hires Edward Barnieh for APAC Acquisitions

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Turner International appoints Edward Barnieh as Programming and Acquisitions Manager, Asia Pacific.

Nickelodeon Releases Turtles iOS App

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Nickelodeon releases “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rooftop Run,” the network's first app, available now from iTunes.

Hasbro Inks Deal with UK's Clear Vision for My Little Pony

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Hasbro signs a home entertainment deal with Clear Vision for “My Little Pony Friendship is Magic” in the U.K., France, Spain, Italy, the Nordic countries and the Middle East.

Syfy Kids Flies to Asia

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International children’s channel KidsCo, Corus Entertainment’s joint-venture with NBCUniversal, launches its two-month-old Syfy Kids block in Asia this July.

Everything’s Rosie Returns to Italy

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V&S Entertainment signs a deal with RAI, bringing the second season of “Everything’s Rosie” to Italy.

Disney XD Picks Up A Second Season of Crash & Bernstein

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Disney XD orders a second season of its hit comedy “Crash & Bernstein.”

Nickelodeon Undergoes Executive Shakeup

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Nickelodeon’s New York-based president of content development Marjorie Cohn leaves the kids’ entertainment network after serving 26 years with the company, and Alison Dexter‘s EVP of productions position is eliminated amid ongoing realignment.

Syfy’s Defiance Makes Record-Breaking Debut

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Syfy’s groundbreaking transmedia event “Defiance” becomes the channel’s most-watched scripted series premiere since 2006 with 1.3 million adults aged 18-49, matched by more than six million hours of gameplay since the game’s April 2 launch.

Tree Fu Tom to Premiere On Sprout

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Fremantle’s CG animated series “Tree Fu Tom” heads to Sprout, premiering April 22.

New Dukes of Bröxstônia Series Debuts on ABC3

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The “Dukes of Bröxstônia” are back for a third season, in a new 7-minute episode format, on ABC3.

Assorted Nuts & Frima Team on Tiny Yeti

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Assorted Nuts and Frima Studio team up to create “Tiny Yeti,” an animated series and interactive game.

Justin Time Re-Discovers Latin America

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Guru Studios announces the sale of the second season of Justin Time to Discovery Kids.

Netflix, Hasbro Expand Multi-Year Programming Deal

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Netflix and Hasbro expand their multi-year programming deal making “Littlest Pet Shop” and “Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters” available to Netflix members in the U.S.

Syfy to Develop Zemeckis' No Place

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Syfy teams up with Fox Television Studios, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, Jackie Levine, John Brancato and Michael Ferris to develop “No Place.”